Fencing

While its value as an element of garden design is sometimes overlooked, fencing is an essential part of both the aesthetics and useability of your garden. Garden fencing will likely differ between the front and back of properties, with higher and more solid wooden fencing typically being placed in the rear garden, while the front of the property usually features more compact and more decorative fencing. Fencing for the front of the home tends to feature a low height and large gaps between the wooden slats. Also, it is often coloured to improve its decorative effect. Fencing in the back garden is frequently used for privacy and to preserve the borders of a garden, as well as to keep pets or other small animals or wildlife either in or out. Due to this, these styles of fences are around 6 feet high and use wooden slats with no spaces in between. Because of the extra height, these fences generally have concrete footings laid in between each section to offer security and stop the fence from blowing over or being ruined in bad weather. Garden fencing panels are generally constructed from wood. The posts in between the sections are made from either wood, stone, or concrete. More recently, fence panels have started to be made from heavily recycled and eco friendly composite materials such as recycled bamboo.